CorelDraw 101: Total Text Control pg 7: Production Graphics with Wendy Peck at webreference.com

CorelDraw 101: Total Text Control

Align Paragraph Text

Justify Text in Text Box
Choose the Pick Tool from the Toolbox and select the block of Paragraph
text you wish to justify (justify is the term used to describe how text
is aligned). Choose Text, Format Text from the Main Menu. Click on Center.
You can preview the alignment by clicking on the Preview button at the
bottom of this window. (If the window blocks your view of the objects
you are working with, click and drag on the blue area at the top of the
window to move.) Click OK.

View Results
Note how both paragraphs now have center justification. With the Pick
Tool Selected, changes are applied to the entire text box.

Justify Single Paragraph
Choose Text Tool from the Toolbox. Click in one paragraph to place the
cursor. Choose Text, Format Text, Align. Click on Left. Note how only
the paragraph containing the cursor was changed.

Align Multiple Text Boxes
Choose the Pick Tool from the Toolbox. Holding down SHIFT key for multiple
selection, select the objects you wish to align. Choose Arrange, Align
and Distribute to open the Align and Distribute window. Choose Left. Preview
if desired and click OK. Note in the sample above how the top paragraph
is center justified, but the text boxes are left aligned. Also, note how
the left edges of the text are not aligned. The outlines of the text boxes
are aligned.

Vertical Alignment
Choose the Pick Tool from the Toolbox. Holding down SHIFT key for multiple
selection, select the objects you wish to align. Choose Arrange, Align
and Distribute to open the Align and Distribute window. Choose Bottom.
Preview if desired and click OK. Note in the sample above how the text
box bottoms are aligned, but the text is not. When working with Paragraph
text, it is a good idea to make sure the text box ends at the same point
as the text.